Myleene Klass has heartbreakingly revealed the ‘isolation, loneliness and visceral pain’ she felt after her four miscarriages.
The presenter and singer, 46, took to Instagram with some reflections about baby loss after her BBC documentary Myleene Klass: Miscarriage and Me aired on Wednesday night.
She shared a mirror selfie showing her stomach as she told how she will continue to campaign for a change in UK miscarriage laws.
Myleene described what it was like to hear the words ‘there’s no heartbeat’ as she told how better aftercare is needed for grieving mothers.
The star – has two daughters Ava, 16, and Hero, 12, and a son Apollo, four, – was overwhelmed with supportive messages from other women under her post.
Myleene Klass has heartbreakingly revealed the ‘isolation, loneliness and visceral pain’ she felt after her four miscarriages
The presenter and singer, 46, took to Instagram with some reflections about baby loss after her BBC documentary Myleene Klass: Miscarriage and Me aired on Wednesday night
She penned on Instagram: ‘I’m so sorry, there’s no heartbeat’. If you like me have been on the receiving end of those words (4 times), I too am sorry. For your loss and the pain I know you carry.
‘Thank you for your many kind words after watching my documentary Myleene Klass: Miscarriage and Me on @BBC1 this evening.
‘You cannot understand the raw, visceral pain, confusion and terror that a miscarriage brings until you hear those words for yourself.
‘Today, you may have seen in the news (@the.independent wrote an amazing piece) where I discuss, ‘what next’?
‘As the documentary shows, as isolated and lonely as we all feel, there are tens of thousands of us women losing babies (often needlessly) every month. The further I dig as I continue my role as campaigner alongside @oliviablake_mp and @tommys, the more injustice I find. Our wombs are currently owned by Westminster.
‘The government need to take the next step and give us what we deserve. They implemented the free, ‘unofficial official’ certificates but we and our dead babies deserve more. An official recognition that they were here. A certificate that can actually be logged in our medical records and archives like all other deaths are.
‘We deserve proper data so we can understand why this happens and stop it from happening to our own children. We deserve 24/7 care, not randomly scattered EPUS forcing us to play a postcode lottery as to whether we receive expert help or sit crying and bleeding in the waiting room for triage to decide our fate.
‘Some women still have to wait for 3 consecutive MC’s before any intervention.
She shared a mirror selfie showing her stomach as she told how she will continue to campaign for a change in UK miscarriage laws
The star – has two daughters Ava, 16, and Hero, 12, and a son Apollo, four, (seen together) – was overwhelmed with supportive messages from other women under her post
She penned on Instagram: ‘I’m so sorry, there’s no heartbeat’. If you like me have been on the receiving end of those words (4 times), I too am sorry. For your loss and the pain I know you carry’
Back in February she became visibly emotional as she discussed the new baby loss certificate scheme on Loose Women
‘All of these are basic human rights. Dignity is so rarely afforded miscarrying women from the process of the D&C (would you like ashes and prayers or slides and donating to science?). To the ones who went before us, know that you chose your Mamas well as we won’t stop until your voices can finally be heard, acknowledged and officially recognised. No matter how briefly, you were here.
‘For those who ache to hold their babies in their arms, not just their hearts, you’re not alone. We will get our babies what they deserve. Until we all cross that line together, I will not stop fighting for my babies and yours x.’
Back in February she became visibly emotional as she discussed the new baby loss certificate scheme on Loose Women.
The government announced that parents who have experienced the devastation of losing a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy can apply for a certificate to have their grief recognised.
Myleene admitted that the baby loss certificates will help allow a person to grieve and have something to comfort and keep.
She said: ‘For me, I think anything that marks or gives comfort or can be a keepsake, I think it’s a good thing. You can’t tell a person how to grieve.
‘People do grieve in different ways and some people will want a reminder or something tangible.
‘Other people, it has had a mixed reaction, will want something different, moving forward in the miscarriage care system for example that’s something I’ve been campaigning for because some people want the certificate and some people want action.
‘I have to be really clear about this, it isn’t a legal document so I want to manage expectations here. You won’t see it at a town hall or if someone looks at your archives.
‘It won’t even be on your medical records and that is criminal, it should be. If you’ve got a broken fingernail or a heart attack, that’s on your medical record.
‘But a miscarriage isn’t. I’ve had four and I’ve had to register two onto my medical records so unless you’re with your GP having that conversation.
‘It’s really important data for you, your children, if they’re asked about their fertility issues later down the line.’
Bursting into tears, she said: ‘Sorry, it’s like just having to keep ripping that band aid. So sorry.
‘There’s people on this panel who have had miscarriages, and I know there’s people here, who have had miscarriages.
‘You don’t miscarry at the doctors, you miscarry on the school run, I miscarried on radio. The movies paint you’re in your bed, you ring the doctor, there’s blood.
Meanwhile she stepped out to head to work at Smooth Radio on Thursday
She looked as stylish as ever in the suit and trainer combo
She wore her brunette tresses pulled back and opted for glowing makeup
‘But actually, you might be at the dinner table, that was my fourth miscarriage, and you have to keep that pretense up because your children are there. It’s so inconvenient and so cruel and it should be on your medical record.’
It comes after Myleene made history in July 2023 by changing pregnancy loss laws, with changes meaning women will no longer have to wait until after three miscarriages to receive medical help and pre-conception advice.
She has spent four years campaigning for changes to UK miscarriage laws with Labour MP Olivia Blake.
Myleene recalled her experience after suffering four ‘torturous’ miscarriages as she changed pregnancy loss laws and told of her delight as a string of changes were approved.
The changes were unveiled in the long-awaited Pregnancy Loss Review – an independent report on NHS miscarriage care and how it can be improved, which came after campaigning from baby loss charity Tommy’s, who Myleene works with.
If you have been affected by this story, you can seek advice at www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk or by calling 01924 200 799.
